Electric fire



March 24. 1925. 1,531,171

March24, 192s. 1,531,171,

H. H. BERRY ET AL ELECTRIC FIRE Filed March *7, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 24, -1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF cs.

HERBERT HENRY BERRY AND JAMES WATT REID, OF LONDON ENGLAND.

nnnc'rmc rum Application filed March 7, 1924. Serial No. 897,631.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERBERT HENRY BERRY and JAMES WATT REID, both British subjects, and both residents of the Switch that kind in which imitation fuel is em-- ployed and has arranged under or behind it one or more electric lamps with flickerproducing device's and'in which a heating element, preferably positioned substantially out of sight behind the fuel, is employed in conjunction with a reflector adapted to throw heat rays from the element in a forward direction across the front of the fire.

The invention has more particularly to do with the construction of the fire place itself and is mainly designed with the object of producing a fire placehaving a highly efficient appearance and in which the principal parts can be standardized so' that the whole fire place can be easily, quickly and strongly assembled.

Our invention is shown in'the in drawings in which:

ig. 1 is substantially a vertical section of one of our fire places with the fuel,

accompanyheating element and electric lamp; and

flicker-producing device omitted.

Fig. 2 shows the same fire place with more detail including the heating elements and the lamp and flicker device.

Fig. 3 is any underside view of the fire place seen in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is substantiallyac'rossse'ctional view of the fire place seen in F ig. 2,- with the heating elements removed.

Fig. 5 shows the assembled fire place in perspective.

Figs. 6 and 7 show enlarged details. All. of these drawings refer to one pattern orshape of fire place;

In this example the front bars 1 are of angle section and-have their ends fitted into slots in uprights 2,2 which are of channel section the said ends bein burred over to hold the bars in place. bove and below these bars cross pieces or bars 3 are also fixed to theh'prights 2, 2 as by having their ends reduced andpassed through holds in the upcurved angle pieces rights and there fixed bv riveting or in other suitable manner.

The sidesof the fireplace are built of: sheet metal cheeks 4, 4 curved sheet and has a reflector (3 fixed over its upper front face. At each back corner is a curvedangle piece 7, 7 to'which the side cheeks 4, 4, and the back {i are fixed. The reflector 6 is held in place at its top edge by a split tube 8 which extends across the front of the fire place and into the split in which the edge of the reflector is inserted. The lower edge of the reflector issupport'ed by a light angle bar 9 fixed to the back 5.

The ends of the split tube 8 are held by screws 10 to the upper. extremities of .the

The side cheeks 4, 4 do not extend to the floor but. have their'lower endsturned inwardly at 11, 11 and form supports for the bottom 12 0f the fire place said bottom being an extension from the back 5-and preferably integral therewith. This bottom is extended upwardly as seen at 13 and forwardly as seen at 14. The part 13 is perforated and is and the back 5 is a adapted to receive a coloured screen whilst the part 14.serves to support the fuel which is placed behind the bars 2, 2 and in front of a wire netting or like openwork back 15. A lamp 16 is mounted on the bottom .12 and has a ring 17 closel encircling it and supporting a fan 18 whiist a larger ring it) supports a second fan 20. These two rings are soldered to the lamp cap and the fans are adapted to rotate in opposite directions. Two electric heating'elen'ienls 21.-2l are. mounted on a plate 22 arranged across the fire place and supported at each end by a sloped angle bracket "23, 23. These brackets o extend from the front to the back of the fire place and serve to strengthen same as well as'to provide a convenient fixing means for joining the uprights 2, 2 to ornamental strips 24, 24 arranged over the front edges of the sides. This fixing is seen in Fig. 6

preferably of slab form and is wherein the end of the bracket is bent over at 25 and a screw is passed through the end of the strip 24 into the end 25 and holds these arts together, the said bracket being riveted at 26 to the upright 2. 1 i

Arranged above the front of the fire place is across plate. 27 the ends of which fit into slots 28 formed in the higher ends of the uprights 2. .This cross plate carries an ornamental front 29 held in place by polished angle pieces 30. The-plate 22 is fixed to the cross plate 27 and rests on the brackets 23, 23. A strip of metal 31, 31 is arranged in each corner at the junction of the sides with the reflector and additional reflecting plates 32 may beheld by these strips against the side plates above the level of the fire.

A coloured glass screen, in one or more pieces, is shown at 33 and serves to enhance the effect of the light thrown onto the refiector from the lamp 16. Electric leads are indicated at 34. A coloured screen is also fitted to the part 13 and is supported by clips 35 to throw light through a fret .36.

A strengthening "bolt 37 is arranged at each side from back to front. The imitation fuel is shown at 38 in Fig. 5 and it will be understood that the flickering light from the lamp 16 is thrown through the translucent parts of this fuel.

lVhatwe claim is p 1. A fire place for electric fires, including bars of angle section forming part of the fire place and arranged in front ofthe fuel, uprights at each side of the front of the fire place, slots in the said uprights and adapted to receive the ends of the angle bars, a bracket secured to each side of the fire place and serving to both strengthen the fire place and to provide a support for any desired heating elements and means for securing the upper ends of the uprights to the ends a of the brackets.

2. A fire place for electric fires, including bars of angle section forming part of the fireplace and arranged in front of the fuel, uprights at each side of the front of the fire place, slots in the said uprights and adapted to receive the ends of the angle bars,a bracket secured to each side of the fireplace and serving to both strengthen the fire place and to provide a support for any desired heatingrlelnents and a coloured screen positioned below the bars across the lire place. 1 i

- 3. An electric fire comprising a metal fire place the upper part of the back of which is carried for\ \".irdly over imitation fuelin the fire place and a reflector on the said'upper" part of the back, side cheeks connected by angle irons to the back, an upright along the front edge of each of the sides, angle bars across the front of the fire place and place the upper part of the back of which is carried forwardly over imitation fuel in the fire place and a reflector on the said upper art of the back, side cheeks connected y angle irons to the back, an upright along the front edge of each of the sides, angle bars across the front of the fire place and fitted into slots in the said uprights, an ornamental strip extending across the fire place from the upperpart of one upright to the upper part of the other upright, a bottom to the fire place, a raised front portion to the said bottom, an openwork screen in front of said raised portion and a coloured screen behind the openwork screen, imitation fuel in the fire place, an electric lamp under the-imitation fuel and a device to produce a flicker in the light from the lamp.

5. An electric fire comprising a fire place,

the back of which extends upwardly and forwardly and the lower part of which is carried forwardly and forms the bottom of the fire place, side cheeks to the fire place and fixed to the edge of the said back by metal angle bars, uprights fixed to the front lower portions of the side cheeks, angle bars arranged across the front of the fire place and fitted 'into the upright, an open'work support behind the angle bars and spaced away therefrom, imitation fuel between the openwork support and the angle bars and extending across to the back of the fire pl'ace,-brackets fixed to the side cheeks, a

reflector fixed to the upper part of the back and an electric lamp with a flicker-producing device arranged behind the openwork support and under the imitation fuel.

In testimonywhereof we have signed our names to this specification.

HERBERTHENRY BERRY. JAMES WATT REID. 

